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Varnishleaf
Dodonaea viscosa
Jacq.
doe-DOAN-ee-ah
viz-COE-sah
Sapindaceae
Explanation
of name:
Dodoanea honors Rembert Dodoens, a Flemish botanist of the 16th
Century. Viscosa means sticky.
Natural
range:
Central and southern Florida (WU1) and widespread in warm climates around the
globe. Dunes, coastal pinelands, hammocks (WU1)
Recognition:
Shrub with glossy dark green rough-textured leaves having the appearance of
being varnished. Three-lobed fruits with waferlike wings in dense clusters on
female plants (the species is dioecious, with separate male and female
individuals).
Landscape
uses:
Highly attractive, tough, coarse-textured partial-shade-tolerant shrub with
showy, wafery fruits, which pass through a red stage. May be propagated from
seeds.
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Botanical |
English |
FL native |
Growth form
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Flowering season
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Typical dimensions
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Suggested spacing |
Cultural conditions
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Problems |
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Dodonea viscosa |
Varnishleaf |
Native |
Shrub
(Small Tree) |
SU-FA
(attractive fruits WI-FA)
(WU2, PBCC, OSO) |
6’-12’
(OSO, PBCC) |
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SU-PS
(Looks poor if over-exposed)
DT
ST!
(PBCC, HAE) |
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